Shirt



Dec. 3, 1929. sci- 1,737,617

SHIRT Filed May 15, 1926 INVENTOR Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNETE STATS GEORGE E. SCHOMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT Application filed May 15, 1926. Serial No. 109,328.

The present invention relates to improve ments in shirts, and more particularly to mens outer shirts of the type which include a neck band, to which a collar may be de- 5 tachably fastened.

In shirts of this type, the neck band is usually of a size fitting the neck of the wearer.

It is customary in the shirt trade to vary the neck band sizes by half inches and in 10 some instances by quarter inches. Merchants are thus compelled to carry a considerable stock of shirts, because of the various materials and patterns employed in making shirts.

The main object of the present invention is to so constructthe shirts that a very few sizes of neck bands, for instance three sizes, will answer all requirements.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the neck bands of shirts that they will not press uncomfortably upon the neck and will not interfere with the flow of blood in the neck and to the head of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to a provide a shirt of the character described which is simple in construction, durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a garment.

Nith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of ashirt embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the shirt with a collar attached thereto.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the back section of a shirt, with which are joined two front sections 11 and 12 and a shoulder section 13, the latter being also joined with the back section. The front sections overlap along a line 1 1, as in constructions of this type, and are joined by a separable fastening means, such as buttons 15 and button holes 16. The usual sleeves 17 are provided. In the shoulder section and the ac j acentportions of the two front sections is formed a neck opening 18, which is substantially oviform and associated with a neck V band 19 of the same configuration. This neck band is secured to the shoulder section and to the two front sections by stitching 20, or otherwise. The neck opening is bounded by a semi-circle in the shoulder section 13, as clearly appears from Fig. 1 of the drawings, and then gradually decreases in width, having its smallest width at its base, that is to say at the top of the line 14. The neck band 19 closely follows the contourof the neck opening, it extending substantially at right angles to the shoulder section at its highest point 21, which is opposite to the base of the oval, and then projecting gradually inwards toward the longitudinal axis of the oval toward said base and lying in the plane of the front sections at said base.

A collar 22 may be fastened to the neck band in any suitable manner, it having a 0011- c,

tour conforming to that of the neck band, its construction being described in a copending application for Letters Patent for improvements in collars, Ser. No. 109,329 filed May 15,1926. 7

The neck band is of a shape and size that its semi-circular portion lies against the back of the neck of the wearer, while the remainder, that is to say its lower portion, rests against the chest of the wearer, in contradistinction to the neck bands heretofore in use which encircle the neck, that is to say lie throughout their length against the neck. The improved neck band does, therefore, not press against the blood vessels above the first rib, with the result that it does not interfere with the flow of blood and consequently has no injurious effects upon the circulation of the head and neck. The shirt is thus thoroughly comfortable to Wear. Owing to the enlarged size of the neck band Very few sizes of shirts need be carried in stock by the merchant. Approximately three sizes will answer all practical purposes.

It is obvious that the neck band herein described may be used in connection with collars which are permanently attachedtotheishirt.

What I claim is A shirt including a shoulder section, two front sections joined With said shoulder section and overlapping along the center line'of the shirt front, said shoulder and fr0ntsections being provided with an oviform neck openingthe longitudinal axis of said oviform opening being in alignment with the center line ofthe shirt front, that portion ofisaid neck opening which is -fOll1'18Cl. in said: shoulder section being stubstantially semi-circular in conhg g'uration and an oviforinneck band extending all around said neck opening and joined with said sections along said neck opening, said neck band extending substantially at right angles to said shoulder section at the highest point of the SEHIllClICHlfiI portion of,

said neck opening and then projecting gradually inwards toward said longitudinal axis until said neck bandlies in the plane of said front sections in proximity of and at the lowestpoint of said neck-opening, the sizeof said-neckopening being such that the semi- I circular portion of said neck band is adapted tolie against the back of the neck. of the wearer, While the remainder of said neck band is adapted toilie flat against thechest of the wearer.

" York and State of New Yorlnfthis 22nd day Signedat New York, in the county of New or April, A. 13.1926.

GEORGE E. :SCI-IOMAN. 

